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RN·ase | \ ˌär-ˌen-ˈās 
, -ˈāz, ˌär-ˈen-ˌās , -ˌāz \
, -ˈāz, ˌär-ˈen-ˌās , -ˌāz \variants:
or less commonly RNAase \ ˌär-(ˌ)en-ˈā-ˌās , -ˈā-ˌāz \
, -ˈā-ˌāz \Definition of RNase
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RNase
nounRN·ase
variants:
or RNAase \ ˌär-ˌen-ˈā-ˌās, -ˈā-ˌāz \
\Medical Definition of RNase
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The first known use of RNase was in 1948
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